Nero DVD Burner is an application used for “burning” purposes. Its name is actually inspired from the Great Fire of Rome. When the user wants to use optical disc and store data in the disc burning software like this has to be used.

It is a powerful tool that can be used to burn/store data, videos, music, etc into the disc. Nero DVD Burner has several advantages over its counterpart competitors in the market. It gives full access control of the burning assignments. The user can define the type of file system to be used; the actual length of title of the file, the character set used as well as enables alteration of label of the disc. Despite having all these intricate features, the program is a simple, easy-to-use and user friendly DVD burning application. There are two types available.

Full version has some advantages over essentials in the following ways:
• The availability of cross fade in audio.
• Scanning of virus available.
• Options of adding various types of plug-ins.
• Simultaneous burning operation can be carried out with numerous media recorders.

The type of recorder the user has installed determines the media or disc type. With the help of Nero Image Recorder the user can create the image file even in case of absence of a media recorder. The Nero Image Recorder is available with Nero DVD Burner application itself. It is also capable of creating image of a disc that a particular recorder does not support.

An additional feature of Nero DVD Burner is the Multisession Tab. With the assistance of Multisession Tab a data disc can be created as a multisession disc. This enables the user to add data or information multiple times into the disc. As a result the functionality of the disc is enhanced and the disc can be used multiple times. It can be used for backing up significant files burned on a frequent basis. Another feature of the application is ISO tab. An ISO tab is given in order to customize the file system of ISO. All operating systems are fully capable of reading the afore-mentioned system. The file name has to be somewhere between eight characters and thirty-one characters. In case of a directory title the permission is up to eight characters. The restrictions imposed on directory depth are eight levels. The Linux version is also available. The application can be used for ripping DVD purposes as well. Ripping involves conversion of a particular DVD into files recognized by the computer. For instance these files could be of MP3, WAV, MP4, etc formats. The application can also be used to erase rewritable-discs so that new data can be written into the DVD. The first version of the software that supported DVD burning was called Nero Burning ROM 5. The latest version is Burning ROM 11 and co-incidentally it is also the first version to be released online. Overall the burning application discussed is far superior to any other competitor products in the market and it’s for everyone to see.